chg: refactored global encode() method to JS

js/Global/encode.js

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+var encode = function (str, buffer, encodeNewline) {
+  str = String(str);
+
+  if (str === null || !str.length) return str;
+  if (!buffer) buffer = [];
+
+  for (var i = 0, len = str.length; i < len; i += 1) {
+    var char = str.charAt(i);
+
+    switch (char) {
+      case '<':
+      buffer.push('&lt;');
+      break;
+
+      case '>':
+      buffer.push('&gt;');
+      break;
+
+      case '&':
+      buffer.push('&amp;');
+      break;
+
+      case '"':
+      buffer.push('&quot;');
+      break;
+
+      case '\n':
+      if (encodeNewline) {
+        buffer.push("<br class='helma-format' />");
+      }
+      buffer.push('\n');
+      break;
+
+      default:
+      buffer.push(char);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return buffer.join('');
+};